As Business Development Product Manager in Business Unit SEMI, you are developing innovative products in cooperation with our worldwide acting colleagues. In your position, you will create new business models with adjacent products for SEMI customers to develop our product portfolio. In consideration of all quality assurance processes, you will initiate ideal solutions for our customers while maintaining the profitability for the VAT group.
Innovation has always been the driving force at VAT since the company founded 50 years ago. This made us the world leader in vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology. The pioneering spirit motivates us daily to meet our customers’ requirements with enthusiasm. Together with our employees, we stand for passion, innovation and quality. VAT’s headquarter is located in Haag (Switzerland) and employs around 2 000 people worldwide. It has production centers in Haag (Switzerland), Penang (Malaysia) and Arad (Romania) as well as a production facility in Xinwu (Taiwan).
Spin Off Product Manager BU SEMI, m/f (100%)
Your responsibilities:
- In this function as Business Development Product Manager, you will dive into new exciting areas of the semiconductor market and develop new product series to marketability in a spin-off process
- You actively support growing markets and initiate portfolio adjustments and expansions in line with market trends
- In addition to technical advice for our customers, your responsibilities include a worldwide pricing
- As a team member, you will communicate the trends in the markets you have developed, analyze technologies and competitors and initiate appropriate measures
- Identify OEMs technical roadmaps and drive actual and future product requirements in order to protect and increase the share of wallet for the VAT group worldwide
- Supporting the sales entities of VAT in customer acquisition and negotiations
- Defining the product requirements for the product development in order to drive pro-actively and realize the growth initiatives together with sales and the growth initiative leaders
- A team of professional and highly motivated employees will be happy to familiarize you with your new field of activity
Your qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in mechanical or electric/electronic engineering, master degree is advantageous, but with a good know how of mechanical and electrical systems (hard- and software)
- Additional degree in economics and / or marketing or successful record of accomplishment in a commercial position
- Experience in product management within the vacuum industry and Semiconductor market
- Profound experience of the sales process (mechanisms) of high tech components in a highly consolidated market environment on a global scale
- Fluent English, ability to negotiate in speaking and writing
How we are:
- Dynamic company, with a challenging and varied field of activity in which you can develop
- Proper training and a motivated team, to be successful and having fun in your new job
- Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
- Opportunity to contribute your own ideas for company development
Arbeitsort:
9469Haag
Ready for the challenge? We look forward to receive your electronic application: Oliver Schawalder, o.schawalder@vat.ch, +41 81 772 48 22